Daily Republican., 1887-04-12
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Wholesale Arrest Of = Daring dang Of
Railroad Robbsrs-so Mem IN 'CuS-


Wholesale Arrest Of . Daring dang o
Railroad Robbors-sO Mem In sCuS.
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PITTSBURGH, Pa, April 1l.-Ths
most important arrests oyex uade IN
this part OF the oonptry yego bQgun n
an early hour this nnorniuR:s Eh6t "a
not be completed before late this after.
noon, and at that time the officers Of che
Fan Handle Railroad will have Ia Gus
tody the most daring gang OF railroad
roDoers this country has ever known.
How many members belong to is 10 not
known, but they run up into hundreds.
Their stealiDgs extended over o period
OF two or thres years and the amount
stolen reaches nearly half . million of
dollars.
simultaneous arrests were made all
along the line of the Pan Handle road
between here and Columbus. War.
rants have been In the hands OF Off GERS
for some time and the persons arrested
wil com prise nearly the entire freight
men OF the line. They include the
conouctors, bra akemen, engineers and
bremen. The ringleaders OF the gang
are outside the railroad businesr. are
Known, and some of them are now be-
The first arrests we're made about two
O'Clock this morning, the police sur.
prising eighteen men 1T their boarding
houses. The men were taken at once
TO the jail. Further arrests were made
between two O'Clock and. daylight,
when forty six men, all railroad en-
ployes, conductors, brakemen, firemen
apd engineers, n ere behind tbs bars.
In speaking of the arrests q promi
nent officer of the Pan Handle road
said:
-" For three years part the Pan Han
die ioa0 has been systematically rob.
bed. Cars ON sidinRs and cars In NOV
ing trains were broken open and goods
stolen, ir cluciDR every description OF
merchandise. 1t is estimated that at
least 600. 900 worth Of goods were taken
ior which the company had pay. In
August last we got clue, and the com
pany determined to push it to the end.
Detectives were employed who follow
ed up every scent and finally We had
the Information on which we decided to
make move all alcng the line from
Columbus to Pittsburgh, and two o.
clock this morning was fixed to strike
the blow.
'About tighty warrants were issued
for men In Pittsbnrg. can't tell how
many at other places, but 1t was at
every point alorg tie limo. 1t will run
up In the hundreds. 1t ia the biggest
thing of the kind that ever happened
In Pittsburg, or in railroad matters in
the world, for nothing like 1t has ever
happened before. 1 cannot tell who
the men are under arrest, or who The
ring g'eaders are. This much I will say,
40 wover. we suspect outsiders of being
implicated in the robberies, but know
nothing positive"
Among those arrested was a man
named Baker, against whom there are
thirty eight charges. Early one morn.
'pR, come months ago, ut Sheridan Sta.
tion near this city, u train was stopped
Tor water. An attack was made on the
crew, and in the Aght the fireman was
shot. He afterwards died from bis in.
luries. at doybreak it was found that
TWO cars had been broken open aud
heir contents stolen. Baker is accused
of firing the shot that killed the fire.
man, aud this is understood to be one
oi the thirty eight char ses against him.